少女 (shàonǚ): young girl

Measure Word

一个少女 gè

少 is read shào (4th tone) here meaning 'young', not shǎo (3rd tone) meaning 'few'.

Nàge shàonǚ zhèngzài tán gāngqín.

That young girl is playing the piano.

Tā háishi gè tiānzhēn de shàonǚ.

She is still an innocent young girl.

mistakes

少 in 少女 is pronounced shào (4th tone), not shǎo (3rd tone). The 4th tone means 'young', while the 3rd tone means 'few'.

usage

少女 typically refers to girls roughly aged 12-18. The male equivalent is 少年 (shàonián).

少 shǎo

女 nǚ